Must have been reamed by his fellow refs at halftime last night for calling a flagrant one at the end of the half. In the second half it looked to me like he was trying to cover his obvious IU bias by actually calling some stuff against them.
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This is going way back, but didn't Purdue have a quarterback by that name - or something very similar - during the 1970s?
That was a little before my time, but I seem to remember reading about a big punishing runner-type QB during the wishbone hey-day. I think he might have played about the time Gary Danielson was at PU - maybe during the Bob DeMoss or Alex Agase years.
That was a little before my time, but I seem to remember reading about a big punishing runner-type QB during the wishbone hey-day. I think he might have played about the time Gary Danielson was at PU - maybe during the Bob DeMoss or Alex Agase years.
To be fair, calling a flagrant 1 over a regular foul was of no benefit to IU at the time. There was like .3 seconds on the clock for their free possession, so they couldn't do anything with it. Regarding the flagrant status, I guess I can see what the ref was thinking. I mean, Yogi was coming in with the ball in his right side while the defender clearly grabbed ahold of his left arm and pulled on it; it didn't look like he was making much of a play on the ball. What made the whole thing look more silly though was that Yogi decided to then throw himself to the floor basically after he'd regained control of himself from the contact. As annoying as it is watching him do that, it doesn't change whether or not the guy fouled him, which he did.
IU was not in the bonus and no shots would be awarded if not flagrant
Oh. Well I guess I'm back to Jok shouldn't have grabbed his off arm and pulled on it like he did then! Maybe it's a 50/50 call, but it wasn't totally unreasonable.
Yep. That's exactly the game strategy why other Iowa players had already tried to get the "unintentional" intentional foul which would have resulted in a nothing more than a new inbounds play (and seconds off the clock), but the refs wouldn't call it, so Jok "escalated" it a bit to make sure they'd call something. BS that the refs knew the game situation and ignored Iowa's earlier attempts at fouling.
Bobrowski had a somewhat less than stellar Purdue career. Seems like he broke the single game rushing record before half time then came out and lost the record by being sacked in the second half.
I just have to ask if you are into the horses? Childhood friend and brother-in-laws brother http://www.journeymanbloodstock.com/team.html I remember being with him outside Louisville about 10 minutes to a horse farm back in the early 70s ...
You mean after Yogi did the stroll without dribbling. Wasn't a flagrant, guys grab all the time so unless Bo is going to call them all flagrant he should have called the simple foul and given IU the ball on the side.
You could call traveling on Yogi at least 10 times a game. He does that hesitation dribble and carries the ball as he takes steps. It's as if it has become "his move" and the refs don't call the violation. It is a huge advantage, makes it virtually impossible to guard him straight up when he is allowed to make that move.
Well, clearly off topic for this thread, but it's hard to live nearly 30 years in Lexington and not be into horses at some level. Hadn't heard of Journeyman Bloodstock, but then realized from the link they are in Ocala. I have a lot of friends and acquaintances in the thoroughbred industry, and love going to the most beautiful race course in the world (Lexington's Keeneland). Most of my experiences are in the Bluegrass area, but my favorite experience outside of Kentucky was in Seoul, Korea. Whenever I travel, I always try to take in the local racing, if it exists. In Seoul they have a huge racing facility (I think there were around 60K there the day I went), but only a small section for foreigners where betting is allowed (Koreans aren't allowed to gamble). At the time the Korean Won was about 1200:1 on the dollar. What fun it was to go to the window and put down "20,000 to win on number 4"....felt like a real high roller there!
FWIW back in the 70s Brent's older brother John was a partner with Dan Lasater (the bond daddy for Bill Clinton) and the Lasater/Fernung stables were the largest money making stable in the country ...mostly due to quantity. The tax structure was favorable in teh horse business and Danny started and maintained over 50% of the shares in Ponderosa and liked the potential in the horses. In 1973 I left Purdue on spring break to go to Oaklawn part (Hot Springs) to bet on the horses and see if I couldn't get enough money for an engagement ring. Danny had just sold Ponderosa a couple of months earlier if my memory is intact for 54.2 Million.
Dan had two horse that they had tried to keep quiet that were going to run out there and we thought the odds might be 10:1 or so. Because they were Danny's teh odds were 5:2 and so I didn't bet. Danny won $30 K that day and threw a party for the 9 of us. Anyway I knew years ago they did have a few horses around Louisville and Lexington and knew there could be a chance you might have stumbled upon them. Brent spent two years at Purdue. My childhood friend and for many years best friend I haven't had contact with for a few years. I actually see his three brothers and sister much more often. Ever get down to Ocala I'm sure he wouldn't mind showing you around being interested in the horses...google will provide interesting reading if interested... in his link...you will see "Andrew" who is the son of John...brent's oldest brother that started with Danny in the horses. Andrew or Andy was the name of Brent's father. After 1985 Roger Clinton (Bill's half brother) worked on the horse farm with Brent in Ocala.
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